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A special thanks to Pat who came in from Iowa (OK, mot just to see us).

We had a presentation from Jim (not me, but Jim from the Blue Water Wood-turners group) about Pens for Troops. If you are interested in making some pens for our military service personnel, here are the highlights of our discussion:

You provide the pen (kit & blank).

Use any kit you like ... you can also get a slime-line through Blue Water Jim for $2.

You can contact Blue Water Jim directly (PM me), or let me know (via a new thread in the Michigan forum "Michigan Chapter - Pens for Troops") and we'll arrange to have them available at the next meeting.

Once the pen is complete, bring them to our next meeting and we'll get them back to Blue Water.

The Blue Water organization has been making and forwarding pens for 4 years now. I don't see any reason to do the work to setup our own channels when we can team up with Blue Water and take advantage of the work they have already done.

Please see the thread mentioned above to learn more and to discuss the logistics, ask & answer questions, etc.

Thanks to Mark Ruby for the advice on bowl turning.

I'll setup a new thread for the summer meeting ... talk/type to everyone there!

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